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Indigenous Australians vulnerable to new flu strains
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians and Alaskans may be particularly vulnerable to a new Chinese flu virus, according to Melbourne researchers. The H7N9 virus emerged in China in February last year and infected 137 people, killing 45. Health officials believe ...

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Australia's beauty industry is far from a picture of racial representation
Sydney Morning Herald
Cleo magazine editor Sharri Markson surveyed major Australian modelling agencies and the statistics speak for themselves: of 1100 models, only seven were indigenous and 16 Chinese. Such statistics hardly reflect the country's diversity: Multicall ...

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Indigenous recognition plan revived
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After allocating $10-million to promote the concept, the former Labor government shelved plans for a referendum on recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. The Labor government argued there was no point in pursuing the matter because ...

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Indigenous recognition plan revived
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After allocating $10-million to promote the concept, the former Labor government shelved plans for a referendum on recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. The Labor government argued there was no point in pursuing the matter because ...

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Mundine warns of budget pain
The Australian
In an exclusive interview and writing in The Australian today, the indigenous leader said that, although he actively opposed the cuts to Aboriginal legal aid announced last month, his opposition was not ideological and he wanted spending to be ...

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Constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians urged
Radio Australia
The Australian Prime Minister's chief adviser on indigenous policy has urged him to take a "cautious" but proactive approach to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. In his New Year's Day message, Tony Abbott vowed to use this year to ...
Indigenous recognition vote likelyThe West Australian
Abbott to revive Indigenous recognition pushSBS
Have a go in 2014, Abbott urges AustraliansThe Australian
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Indigenous recognition vote likely
The West Australian
A referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution could be held within this term of Parliament, according to the chairman of the committee Tony Abbott has entrusted to push the case for change. WA Liberal MP Ken Wyatt welcomed the ...

Indigenous recognition vote likely
The West Australian
A referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution could be held within this term of Parliament, according to the chairman of the committee Tony Abbott has entrusted to push the case for change. WA Liberal MP Ken Wyatt welcomed the ...

Sydney Morning Herald
John Pilger's damning new film about indigenous Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
"It's so degrading," says Noongar elder Noel Nannup in John Pilger's latest film about indigenous disadvantage in Australia. The Aboriginal man is standing in a $240-a-night hotel room on Rottnest Island which used to be divided into three prison cells ...

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PM Tony Abbott to start 'conversation' on Indigenous recognition in 2014
ABC Online
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will use 2014 to start a "conversation" about recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution. The former Labor government shelved plans for a referendum on the issue because it argued there was not enough ...
Have a go in 2014, Abbott urges AustraliansThe Australian
Abbott Seeks to Recognize Aborigines in Australia's ConstitutionBusinessweek
Tony Abbott calls for optimism in first new year messageSydney Morning Herald
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Abbott to revive Indigenous recognition push
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Australians should enter 2014 full of optimism and willing to have a go to better their country, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says. He says the strength of the country is in its people's willingness to better their lives. "This is the year I hope more of ...
Have a go in 2014, Abbott urges AustraliansThe Australian
Abbott Seeks to Recognize Aborigines in Australia's ConstitutionBusinessweek
Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten give their 2014 New Year's messagesThe Daily Telegraph
Brisbane Times
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The West Australian
Hawke govt launched Aboriginal death probe
The West Australian
With Australia's bicentenary approaching, the government led by Bob Hawke decided something must be done about a rising tide of complaints that indigenous people were dying in suspicious circumstances in police cells. Cabinet papers for 1987, released ...
Cabinet Papers 1986-87: The struggle for indigenous land rightsSydney Morning Herald
Secret Hawke era cabinet papers releasedSBS

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Cabinet Papers 1986-87: The struggle for indigenous land rights
Sydney Morning Herald
The Hawke government continued to grapple with the sensitive issue of indigenous land rights. In March 1986 Aboriginal Affairs Minister Clyde Holding told cabinet that NSW, Queensland and South Australia had enacted legislation and Victoria was ...
Hawke govt launched Aboriginal death probeNEWS.com.au

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The West Australian
Hawke govt launched Aboriginal death probe
The West Australian
With Australia's bicentenary approaching, the government led by Bob Hawke decided something must be done about a rising tide of complaints that indigenous people were dying in suspicious circumstances in police cells. Cabinet papers for 1987, released ...
Cabinet Papers 1986-87: The struggle for indigenous land rightsSydney Morning Herald
Hawke Cabinet decision on deaths in custodySydney Indymedia

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Secret Hawke era cabinet papers released
SBS
Cabinet documents also reveal the government considered compensating Aboriginal victims of British nuclear tests conducted in South Australia during the 1950s and '60s. Cabinet looked at making $2.5 million dollars in compensation available for the ...
Cabinet Papers 1986-87: Leading the west in fighting South Africa's apartheidSydney Morning Herald

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NEWS.com.au
Abbott Seeks to Recognize Aborigines in Australia's Constitution
Businessweek
Australia's 400,000 Aborigines remain the poorest and most disadvantaged group in society more than 200 years after Europeans settled in 1788, experiencing lower life expectancy and higher jobless and incarceration rates. Indigenous Australians ...
PM Tony Abbott to start 'conversation' on Indigenous recognition in 2014ABC Online

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Sydney Morning Herald
Hawke govt launched Aboriginal death probe
NEWS.com.au
WITH Australia's bicentenary approaching, the government led by Bob Hawke decided something must be done about a rising tide of complaints that indigenous people were dying in suspicious circumstances in police cells. Cabinet papers for 1987, released ...
Cabinet Papers 1986-87: The struggle for indigenous land rightsSydney Morning Herald
Hawke Cabinet decision on deaths in custodySydney Indymedia

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Sydney Morning Herald
Hawke govt launched Aboriginal death probe
NEWS.com.au
WITH Australia's bicentenary approaching, the government led by Bob Hawke decided something must be done about a rising tide of complaints that indigenous people were dying in suspicious circumstances in police cells. Cabinet papers for 1987, released ...
Secret Hawke era cabinet papers releasedSBS
Cabinet Papers 1986-87: Negative gearing almost axedSydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald
Hawke govt launched Aboriginal death probe
The Australian
WITH Australia's bicentenary approaching, the government led by Bob Hawke decided something must be done about a rising tide of complaints that indigenous people were dying in suspicious circumstances in police cells. Cabinet papers for 1987, released ...
Cabinet Papers 1986-87: The struggle for indigenous land rightsSydney Morning Herald

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Have a go in 2014, Abbott urges Australians
The Australian
AN upbeat Tony Abbott believes the nation enters 2014 full of optimism and has vowed to begin the conversation to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution. In a personal and informal new year message, the Prime Minister praises Australians ...
Abbott Seeks to Recognize Aborigines in Australia's ConstitutionBusinessweek
Abbott to revive Indigenous recognition pushSBS
Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten give their 2014 New Year's messagesThe Daily Telegraph
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